Adventure Video Games57
Adventure games. They include three fundamental elements: exploration, solving puzzles and strongly emphasized story. Controlled characters collect items and use them in puzzles in order to push the story further. Adventure games usually offer only single player mode and the point-and-click interface. This category includes also HOPAs (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure games) which put emphasis on searching items hidden on the screen.
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Firewatch
Adventure 09 February 2016
An indie FPP adventure game and the debut production of the American Campo Santo studio. The team comprises of veteran developers, previously working on such titles as The Walking Dead, Mark of the Ninja, BioShock 2, and Brutal Legend. The story of Firewatch takes place in an enormous forest in the American state of Wyoming, where our hero is trying to escape his day-to-day problems by becoming a ranger.
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
Adventure 04 February 2016
An old-school murder mystery point-and-click adventure game, developed by a veteran of the genre, the French company Microids. Production is based on a novel by Agatha Christie under the same title and is the first installment in a planned game series describing the adventures of a famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Plot of the Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders starts when the detective receives a letter from a serial killer, who identifies himself as A.B.C.
Great Detective Pikachu: The Birth of a New Duo
Adventure 03 February 2016
A mystery adventure game, set in the universe of the Pokémon series and developed by Game Freak studio, creators of most of the entries in this popular series. The story of Great Detective Pikachu: The Birth of a New Duo offers a different view on the aforementioned franchise and revolves around a boy named Tim, whose favorite activity are detective investigations.
Order of the Thorne: The King's Challenge
Adventure 26 January 2016
A classic point-and-click adventure inspired by the iconic King's Quest series. Players take control of a young bard Finn, who decides to respond to the monarch's call and take on the task of finding the lost queen. During the game we travel through fantastic locations, talk to neutral characters and solve environmental riddles. The production has a colorful graphic design maintained in pixelart style.
Between Me and the Night
Adventure 22 January 2016
The game is the debut work from the RainDance studio. It is an action adventure game featuring arcade elements. The story is focused on two figures: a boy living in the modern, surrealistic world, and a medieval knight traveling across a magical land. Both storylines are tightly interconnected and are being gradually brought together as the game progresses. The mechanics combine elements of typical point-and-click adventure games with classic arcade elements.
Crudelis
Adventure 20 January 2016
A game set in a steampunk world, which is a mixture of an RPG and adventure game. This is the debut work from Whiskey Jack Games, a studio based in Wroclaw, Poland. The action takes place in an alternative version of the 19th century, inspired by the industrial revolution and fantasy literature classics. We play as Henry Shackleton, a scientist who falls victim to a bandit attack.
INFRA
Adventure 16 January 2016
An adventure game, created by an independent developer Loiste Interactive, that focuses exclusively on puzzle solving and exploration. We play as an engineer responsible for structural analysis of defects and architectural damage. During a routine inspection carried out in an underground complex, a catastrophe takes place. This results in our protagonist being trapped in a labyrinth of chambers and hallways.
Oxenfree
Adventure 15 January 2016
A 2D adventure game inspired by supernatural horrors, developed by Night School Studio, a debuting team founded by the former workers of Telltale Games. We take on the role of a girl named Alex, who is about to graduate middle school and to celebrate that, she travels with a group of friends to an island that has been the students’ customary place to say their farewells.
That Dragon, Cancer
Adventure 12 January 2016
An extraordinary, story-driven adventure game with point-and-click interface, developed by Numinous Games and crowdfunded by fans via Kickstarter. The story of That Dragon, Cancer is based on true events from the life of Ryan and Amy Green – the game’s developers. It tells of a married couple whose child is dying with cancer with only a couple of months of life left.
Aviary Attorney
Adventure 21 December 2015
A legal adventure game inspired by the works of J.J. Grandville, a French caricaturist. It was developed by the independent studio Sketchy Logic Games. The action of Aviary Attorney is set in an alternative version of the 19th-century Paris inhabited by humanoid animals. It tells the story of two characters: a falcon lawyer named Jayjay Falcon and his assistant, a sparrow by the name of Sparrowson, who try to clear their clients of charges during subsequent trials.
Rusty Lake Hotel
Adventure 14 December 2015
A surrealistic point-and-click adventure game developed by the Dutch Rusty Lake studio. In the game we are taken to a mysterious animal hotel which is visited by five guests. Our task is to “take care” of them properly — kill them, that is. We have to tend separately to each of the five unfortunate guests, shortening their life by various means, for example poisoning.
Undercover Missions: Operation Kursk K-141
Adventure 11 December 2015
A third-person point-and-click espionage thriller adventure game developed by The Game Species. The action of Undercover Missions: Operation Kursk K-141 is set aboard the eponymous Russian submarine which went missing under suspicious circumstances in August of 2000. In the game we assume the role of a secret agent whose mission is to detect and capture the leader of a criminal organization that's been stealing Russian weapon systems.
Steins;Gate 0
Adventure 10 December 2015
A visual novel adventure game developed by Nitroplus and 5pb. Studios. The game is a direct continuation of the original Steins;Gate from 2009. The plot picks off using one of the alternative endings of the predecessor. Okabe Rintaro, a student heartbroken after the tragic death of his friend Kurisu Makise, makes an appointment to a psychiatric health facility.
Emily Wants to Play
Adventure 10 December 2015
A simple first-person survival horror adventure game and the debut project from Shawn Hitchcock, an independent designer. In Emily Wants to Play, we assume the role of a pizza delivery guy who gets imprisoned late in the evening in a suspiciously-looking house. Inside, a deceased girl named Emily with her three dolls wants to play a ghastly game with the unfortunate man. The player’s task is to survive a night in the haunted house and solve the dark secret of that place.
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Adventure 04 December 2015
A humorous action adventure game and the debut title from Crows Crows Crows. The action of Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist takes place in Europe during a hot summer that made history as a result of a series of thefts of some of the most valuable works of art. The players assume the role of a thief that committed those crimes and his next target is a vault in a highly-secured manor full of valuables.
One Button Travel
Adventure 26 November 2015
A narrative puzzle-adventure game referred to as „interactive fiction”, developed by the team of The Coding Monkeys, known so far mostly for the logic game Rules! and the mobile adaptations of popular board games Carcassonne and Lost Cities. Plot of One Button Travel revolves around mysterious scientific discovery, that may, in the near future, revolutionize the lives of all human beings.
Brave & Little Adventure
Adventure 26 November 2015
A classic point ’n’ click adventure game and the debut project from an independent studio LightDrop Games. The developers were inspired by the tale of Red Riding Hood – the player assumes the role of Molly, a girl who decides to visit her grandmother living in the city. Unfortunately, granny has fallen ill. The only medicine able to help her is the edelweiss flower, which grows high in the mountains. The protagonist embarks on a journey to find this rare plant.
Facility 47
Adventure 23 November 2015
An adventure game developed by the British Inertia Software studio, classified as a representative of the "escape the room" sub-genre. The game is set in the eponymous Facility 47 - a secret research facility located in the Antarctic. The game's protagonist wakes up in a cell having no clue about neither his own identity nor the actions that led him there. His task is to escape, first the cell, then the facility, and survive.
Emily is Away
Adventure 20 November 2015
A nostalgic text-based adventure game developed by the independent developer Kyle Seeley. The game calls back to the beginnings of the internet boom and the first instant messengers that made it possible to befriend people online. The objective of the game is to develop an internet friendship with a student named Emily. The gameplay consists of typing commands and selecting dialogue sequences using interface that looks like classic communicators such as AOL Instant Messenger.
Eventide: Slavic Fable
Adventure 19 November 2015
A hidden object adventure game inspired by Slavic mythology. The production is the fruit of cooperative labor of The House of Fables and Artifex Mundi, which specializes in the genre. In the game, we assume the role of a famous botanist who arrives at an old Slavic open-air museum to save a valuable plant at the request of her grandmother.
Dark Fear
Adventure 13 November 2015
A production combining elements of horror, adventure, and role-playing games developed by the independent studio Arif Games. The player assumes the role of a nameless amnesiac who appeared in a dark, medieval-like land. Our goal is not only to learn his identity but also to solve the mystery surrounding our mysterious presence in the unknown land.
Prominence
Adventure 06 November 2015
Designed by an independent developer Digital Media Workshop, a first-person point-and-click adventure game set in a science fiction environment. The main hero wakes up one day in a strange place that looks like an advanced research facility with all sorts of specialized medical instruments. As he tries to understand how he got there and what is the purpose of the place, the protagonist finds out that the key to the mystery lies in the vast data base available via local information systems.
G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String
Adventure 05 November 2015
G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String is an adventure thriller from the visual novel category. The player takes the role of a teenage criminal who tries to outwit a mysterious mafia boss.
Yomawari: Night Alone
Adventure 29 October 2015
A cartoonish survival horror stealth game with an isometric view. The production was developed by Japanese studio Nippon Ichi Software, known mostly for the Disgaea series. In Yomawari: Night Alone you play as a little girl, who embarks on a search for her missing sister and dog, on her own, after dark. It quickly turns out that the town streets are full of wraiths, from which the girl has to hide. To survive, you have to sneak past the ghosts, divert their attention, and try to outsmart them.